Self-care is any activity that we undertake in order to take care of our mental, emotional and physical health. Good self-care is key to improved mood and reduced anxiety, as well as a path to a good relationship with oneself and others. Here are a few simple ways to practice self-care at home: 1. Make…
The Greenway Orchard Green Gym volunteers pick litter on the Orchard site every single Thursday. In recognition of a recent and generous TKMaxx donation, they are doing a special litter pick at the PSBL shed on 27 February 11-2. The site is very littered and overgrown. The Greenway Orchard Green Gym is now an independent…
It’s exactly one year since PSBL started to support the Greenway Orchard Green Gym. It’s been a great year! Sadly we said goodbye to Amanda who has been the lead volunteer – she is emigrating to Portugal. We now leave the Green Gym in the capable hands of Eleanor and Clive and other locals, and…
It’s been a problem for nearly 3 years now, which we hope we have solved. The Orchard on the Greenway, a beautiful green space, with raised beds and all sorts growing, but no water! It’s a 8 minute walk to the hospital with trolleys and wheelbarrows. Clive , Eleanor and other volunteers put their heads…
Bring your family and friends to the PYM on Saturday 1st June. We are expanding the market following your ideas that we’ve been gathering. There will be 14 traders including food, refreshments & cakes, plus Dr Bike, board games, picnic area, and activities for children and young people including non contact boxing and self defence….
Following a recent Plaistow South Big Local (PSBL) recruitment campaign for a Development and Engagement Lead, we are delighted to announce that Denny Cornuaud – our former Chair, has been appointed to the role. Denny brings with her a wealth of experience and understanding of Plaistow South and the wider community, as well as the…
Announcing an exciting new project for Plaistow South that we have been dreaming of for years. We urgently need your help to reach 100 ‘pledges’ within 2 weeks! Mind, Body and Soul Food: Building a kitchen for a community café & social enterprise with therapeutic garden at REIN’s youth/community Centre in Cumberland Road to facilitate…
A wonderful temporary art space in Plaistow will run again in 2019! There will be an exhibition in the unique Tower Gallery in Memorial Community Church Barking Road from 4-17th July to showcase creativity in the Plaistow community. 🙂 It is open to anyone aged 11 upwards who lives, works, studies, worships or attends a…
Enterprising MasterCard Corporate Volunteers planted 50 sunflowers on 1st May on two stretches of the Greenway between Barking Rd and Boundary Lane…and they are coming up! Young, strong seedlings are fighting their way up along the fence, against the odds.. Helped by the watering of passers by, and last Friday evening by the group of…
The spring is in full swing, and the Tree Pit Gardens on Tunmarsh Lane are in bloom…and looking glorious. Continuous hard work by our local volunteers-Tree Pit Gardeners, regular watering and weeding have resulted in an abundant display of lupins, lavender, anemones and dahlias…with the imminent arrival of poppies and gladiolas in the coming weeks!…